IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 1:15-CV-00399
SANDRA LITTLE COVINGTON,
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et al.,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, )
et al.,
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Defendant.
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DEPOSITION OF SANDRA LITTLE COVINGTON
Volume I
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1:02 P.M.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016
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By:
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SANDRA LITTLE COVINGTON
February 11, 2016
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of the county that -- for instance, 43 has a cohesive
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area and then it has fragments around it.
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the same: it branches out into District 42 and 43.
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Q.
Okay.
And 44 is
But specifically District 42, since
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that's the one you live in, that's the one I'm really
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interested in knowing how you believe the way that
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district is drawn harms you.
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In District 42, which is our House district,
it branches out into an area that covers an area that
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the person or persons running for office will not
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reach all of his constituents or all the voters in
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that area.
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Q.
It will be difficult.
And why do you think it would be difficult,
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the way this district is drawn, for the candidate to
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reach all the voters in the area?
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A.
Because of the way it's formulated.
Because
of the way the lines are drawn.
Q.
Okay.
Is there any other reason that you
think the way this district is drawn harms you?
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I feel that it unfairly reasons that black
people will only vote for a black candidate, and -Q.
I'm sorry.
Go ahead and finish.
I am not
sure I understood what -- did you say -A.
I think it unfairly reasons that black people
will only vote for a black candidate, and white people
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